Trump signals some e-cigarette flavors will be pulled from the market

• "[T]hey're gonna be checked ... people have died from this ... We think we understand why, but we're doing a very exhaustive examination and hopefully everything will be back on the market very, very shortly."

Driving the news: The Wall Street Journal reported earlier Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration would "ban the sale of fruity flavors in cartridge-based e-cigarettes, but the restriction won’t apply to tank vaping systems commonly found at vape shops."

The big picture: Trump told reporters in September he planned to enact the ban as he sat alongside first lady Melania Trump, noting that she "feels very strongly" about the issue.

• Axios' Alayna Treene reported later that month that conservative leaders were "circulating data to White House staff that claims adults who vape will turn" on Trump if he banned such products.
• Juul, the market leader in vaping sales, has already stopped selling flavored products, both online and in stores, except for tobacco and menthol.

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• All 50 states confirm cases of vaping-related illness

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that Juul recently stopped selling mint-flavored products.